Industrial Minerals


DuPont TiO2 division doubles profits on price hikes

25 October 2011

by Mark Watts

Performance Chemicals profits driven by pigment and fluoropolymer demand

Keywords: DuPont, titanium dioxide, TiO2, pigment, fluoropolymers, fluorochemicals, fluorspar, ilmenite, rutile

Strong demand for titanium dioxide (TiO2) and fluoropolymers helped double third quarter profits for DuPont’s Performance Chemicals division, the US chemicals giant said.

The business unit,...